MEASURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE COLLECTION VERIFICATION ANDWRITING-OFF OF EXPORT PROCEEDS IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE
MEASURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE COLLECTION VERIFICATION ANDWRITING-OFF OF EXPORT PROCEEDS IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE
(Approved by the State Council on December 9, 1990, and promul-gated jointly by the People's Bank of China, the State Administration ofForeign Exchange Control, the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations andTrade, the General Customs
Administration, and the Bank of ChinaonDecember 18, 1990)
This English document is coming from the "LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA GOVERNING FOREIGN-RELATED MATTERS" (1991.7)
which is compiled by the Brueau of Legislative Affairs of the State
Council of the People's Republic of China, and is published by the China
Legal System Publishing House.
In case of discrepancy, the original version in Chinese shall prevail.
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MEASURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE COLLECTION VERIFICATION AND
WRITING-OFF OF EXPORT PROCEEDS IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE
(Approved by the State Council on December 9, 1990, and promul-
gated jointly by the People's Bank of China, the State Administration of
Foreign Exchange Control, the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and
Trade, the General Customs Administration, and the Bank of China on
December 18, 1990)
Article 1
These Measures are formulated in order to strengthen the administration of
the collecting of export proceeds in foreign exchange in accordance with
the provisions in Interim Regulations on Foreign Exchange Control of the
People's Republic of China and with the requirements of the State Council
concerning the strengthening and perfecting of the system of the
collecting, verifying and writing-off of export proceeds in foreign
exchange.
Article 2
Definitions
(1) "Departments for foreign exchange control" refers to the State
Administration of Foreign Exchange Control and its branch offices;
(2) "Trustee banks" refers to those banks (including foreign-capital
financial institutions set up within the territory of China, and Chinese-
foreign equity joint financial institutions) or non-banking financial
institutions which are approved by the State Administration of Foreign
Exchange Control to have the right to accept the entrustment of export
units for tendering documents to and claiming reimbursements from foreign
firms abroad.
(3) "Paying banks" refers to those banks (including foreign-capital
financial institutions established within the territory of China, and
Chinese-foreign equity joint financial institutions), or those non-banking
financial institutions which are approved by the State Administration of
Foreign Exchange Control to have the right to accept the entrustment of
export units for tendering documents to and claiming reimbursements from
foreign firms abroad, and which can deliver payments for goods to
exporters in either CNY yuan or foreign exchange;
(4) "Exporters" refers to those companies which have been approved by the
Ministry of foreign Economic Relations and Trade or by its authorized
units to have the right to handle export business, and also to those
enterprises as well as enterprises with foreign investment which have the
right to handle foreign trade.
(5) "Instrument for the collecting, verifying and writing-off of export
proceeds in foreign exchange" (also referred to as "verifying and writing-
off instrument" for short) refers to vouchers with serial numbers, printed
and issued by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange Control, filled
in by exporters, trustee banks and paying banks, accepted by the Customs
as documents for clearance of goods, and used by departments for foreign
exchange control for verifying and writing-off export proceeds in foreign
exchange; and the said instrument has counterfoil attached to it;
(6) "The deadline for the collecting" refers to the deadlines, as
stipulated in Article 9 of these Measures, for the settlement or the
collection of export proceeds in foreign exchange;
(7) "The overdue uncollected foreign exchange" refers to the non-settled
or uncollected export proceeds in foreign exchange, after the deadline for
the collection.
Article 3
These Measures shall apply to all cases concerning the collection of
foreign exchange under the heading of export trade done in all forms.
Article 4
Exporters shall apply to the local department for foreign exchange control
for the verifying and writing-off instrument, which is affixed with a
stamp - with the inscription "COLLECTING OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE UNDER
SUPERVISION" - by the department for foreign exchange control. When
applying to the Customs for clearance of goods, an exporter must present
to the Customs the relevant verifying and writing-off instrument, and go
through the procedures for declaration at the Customs with a declaration
form marked with the serial number of the relevant verifying and writing-
off instrument; otherwise, the Customs shall not accept the application
for Customs clearance. After the completion of the procedures for Customs
clearance of goods, the Customs shall affix the stamp - with the
inscription "CLEARED" - to the verifying and writing-off instrument and to
the declaration form marked with the serial number of the said verifying
and writting-off instrument.
Article 5
In case that goods cannot be exported for one reason or another after the
exporter concerned has filled in the verifying and writing-off instrument,
the said exporter shall go through the procedures for the cancellation of
the verifying and writing-off instrument at the department for foreign
exchange control.
Article 6
After going through the procedures for Customs declaration of goods, the
exporter concerned must, in good time, submit the relevant declaration
forms, the duplicates of drafts for remittance, invoices and the
counterfoils of verifying and writing-off instruments to the local
department for foreign exchange control for the verifying and writing-off
of export proceeds.
Article 7
When an exporter tenders documents to a trustee bank, the trustee bank
must, on the strength of the verifying and writing-off instrument affixed
with the "CLEARED" stamp, accept the relevant export documents. The
trustee bank shall not be permitted to accept those export documents, to
which no verifying and writing-off instrument is attached. An exporter,
which handles export business either on its own or per procurationem, must
use its own verifying and writing-off instrument when applying to the
Customs for clearance of goods. A unit undertaking declaration at the
Customs per procurationem must return, in good time, the verifying and
writing-off instrument and the relevant Customs declaration forms to the
consignor as soon as it has gone through the Customs declaration
procedures for the exporter.
Article 8
An exporter, after using up the verifying and writing-off instruments it
has, may apply to the local department of foreign exchange control for
obtaining new verifying and writing-off instruments.
Article 9
All the export proceeds in foreign exchange of an exporter must be
collected or settled, before the following deadlines for collection:
(1) With respect to payments for goods through spot letter of credit or
through spot collection, it is stipulated that export proceeds in foreign
exchange must be settled or collected, within 20 days for region of Hong
Kong and Macao and other offshore areas, and 30 days for the areas beyond
the oceans, beginning from the day the relevant export documents are
mailed.
(2) With respect to payments for goods through forward letter of credit or
through forward collection, it is stipulated that export proceeds in
foreign exchange must be settled or collected, within 30 days for region
of Hong Kong and Macao and other offshore areas, and 40 days for the areas
beyond the oceans, beginning from the day specified in the drafts of
remittance for payment.
(3) With respect to payments for goods through consignment sales, the
exporter must indicate the deadline for the collection on the counterfoil
of the verifying and writing-off instrument, and the deadline shall not
exceed the time limit of 360 days beginning from the day when the
procedures for Customs declaration are completed.
(4) With respect to payments for goods through the sending of documents by
the exporter itself - an operation not included in the scope of
consignment sales (This refers to the procedures of tendering documents
and collecting foreign exchange without the assistance of a bank), the
exporter must settle or collect export proceeds in foreign exchange within
50 working days beginning from the day when the procedures for Customs
declaration are completed.
Article 10
An exporter, no matter what forms of export proceeds collection it may
adopt, must, within 30 working days immediately after the deadline for the
collection, go through the procedures at the local department of foreign
exchange control for the collecting, verifying and writing-off of export
proceeds in foreign exchange, on the strength of the verifying and
writing-off instrument signed by the paying bank, the foreign exchange
settlement voucher or the collection advice, as well as other relevant
certifying documents.
Article 11
In case that export proceeds have not been collected within the prescribed
time limit, the exporter must promptly submit a written report to the
department of foreign exchange control, giving an account of the case, and
it is up to the department for foreign exchange control to handle the case
at its discretion.
Article 12
The trustee bank and the paying bank shall strengthen their supervision
over the overdue export proceeds of exporter, and shall also, in good
time, press foreign banks for payment. The trustee bank and the paying
bank must, within the first ten days of each quarter, submit a report to
the local department for foreign exchange control concerning the
uncollected overdue export proceeds.
Article 13
With respect to those who have violated the provisions of these Measures,
the department for foreign exchange control has the power to impose on the
violators such penalties as an administrative warning, circulation of a
notice of criticism, a fine, or a temporary suspension of the use of a
foreign exchange account. In case that the violators concerned refuse to
comply with the aforesaid penalty decision, the case may be handled in
accordance with Implementing Rules on Punishment of Violation of Foreign
Exchange Control adopted by the State Council on March 25, 1985 and
promulgated by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange Control on
April 5, 1985.
Article 14
The Measures for the supervision and control of the collection of export
proceeds in foreign exchange formulated by the various localities and
departments prior to the promulgation of these Measures shall cease to be
effective.
Article 15
The right to interpret these Measures resides in the State Administration
of Foreign Exchange Control; and the relevant rules for implementation
shall be formulated by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange
Control in conjunction with other departments concerned.
Article 16
These Measures shall go into effect as of January 1, 1991.
ters" refers to those companies which have been approved by the
Ministry of foreign Economic Relations and Trade or by its authorized
units to have the right to handle export business, and also to those
enterprises as well as enterprises with foreign investment which have the
right to handle foreign trade.
(5) "Instrument for the collecting, verifying and writing-off of export
proceeds in foreign exchange" (also referred to as "verifying and writing-
off instrument" for short) refers to vouchers with serial numbers, printed
and issued by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange Control, filled
in by exporters, trustee banks and paying banks, accepted by the Customs
as documents for clearance of goods, and used by departments for foreign
exchange control for verifying and writing-off export proceeds in foreign
exchange; and the said instrument has counterfoil attached to it;
(6) "The deadline for the collecting" refers to the deadlines, as
stipulated in Article 9 of these Measures, for the settlement or the
collection of export proceeds in foreign exchange;
(7) "The overdue uncollected foreign exchange" refers to the non-settled
or uncollected export proceeds in foreign exchange, after the deadline for
the collection.
Article 3
These Measures shall apply to all cases concerning the collection of
foreign exchange under the heading of export trade done in all forms.
Article 4
Exporters shall apply to the local department for foreign exchange control
for the verifying and writing-off instrument, which is affixed with a
stamp - with the inscription "COLLECTING OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE UNDER
SUPERVISION" - by the department for foreign exchange control. When
applying to the Customs for clearance of goods, an exporter must present
to the Customs the relevant verifying and writing-off instrument, and go
through the procedures for declaration at the Customs with a declaration
form marked with the serial number of the relevant verifying and writing-
off instrument; otherwise, the Customs shall not accept the application
for Customs clearance. After the completion of the procedures for Customs
clearance of goods, the Customs shall affix the stamp - with the
inscription "CLEARED" - to the verifying and writing-off instrument and to
the declaration form marked with the serial number of the said verifying
and writting-off instrument.
Article 5
In case that goods cannot be exported for one reason or another after the
exporter concerned has filled in the verifying and writing-off instrument,
the said exporter shall go through the procedures for the cancellation of
the verifying and writing-off instrument at the department for foreign
exchange control.
Article 6
After going through the procedures for Customs declaration of goods, the
exporter concerned must, in good time, submit the relevant declaration
forms, the duplicates of drafts for remittance, invoices and the
counterfoils of verifying and writing-off instruments to the local
department for foreign exchange control for the verifying and writing-off
of export proceeds.
Article 7
When an exporter tenders documents to a trustee bank, the trustee bank
must, on the strength of the verifying and writing-off instrument affixed
with the "CLEARED" stamp, accept the relevant export documents. The
trustee bank shall not be permitted to accept those export documents, to
which no verifying and writing-off instrument is attached. An exporter,
which handles export business either on its own or per procurationem, must
use its own verifying and writing-off instrument when applying to the
Customs for clearance of goods. A unit undertaking declaration at the
Customs per procurationem must return, in good time, the verifying and
writing-off instrument and the relevant Customs declaration forms to the
consignor as soon as it has gone through the Customs declaration
procedures for the exporter.
Article 8
An exporter, after using up the verifying and writing-off instruments it
has, may apply to the local department of foreign exchange control for
obtaining new verifying and writing-off instruments.
Article 9
All the export proceeds in foreign exchange of an exporter must be
collected or settled, before the following deadlines for collection:
(1) With respect to payments for goods through spot letter of credit or
through spot collection, it is stipulated that export proceeds in foreign
exchange must be settled or collected, within 20 days for region of Hong
Kong and Macao and other offshore areas, and 30 days for the areas beyond
the oceans, beginning from the day the relevant export documents are
mailed.
(2) With respect to payments for goods through forward letter of credit or
through forward collection, it is stipulated that export proceeds in
foreign exchange must be settled or collected, within 30 days for region
of Hong Kong and Macao and other offshore areas, and 40 days for the areas
beyond the oceans, beginning from the day specified in the drafts of
remittance for payment.
(3) With respect to payments for goods through consignment sales, the
exporter must indicate the deadline for the collection on the counterfoil
of the verifying and writing-off instrument, and the deadline shall not
exceed the time limit of 360 days beginning from the day when the
procedures for Customs declaration are completed.
(4) With respect to payments for goods through the sending of documents by
the exporter itself - an operation not included in the scope of
consignment sales (This refers to the procedures of tendering documents
and collecting foreign exchange without the assistance of a bank), the
exporter must settle or collect export proceeds in foreign exchange within
50 working days beginning from the day when the procedures for Customs
declaration are completed.
Article 10
An exporter, no matter what forms of export proceeds collection it may
adopt, must, within 30 working days immediately after the deadline for the
collection, go through the procedures at the local department of foreign
exchange control for the collecting, verifying and writing-off of export
proceeds in foreign exchange, on the strength of the verifying and
writing-off instrument signed by the paying bank, the foreign exchange
settlement voucher or the collection advice, as well as other relevant
certifying documents.
Article 11
In case that export proceeds have not been collected within the prescribed
time limit, the exporter must promptly submit a written report to the
department of foreign exchange control, giving an account of the case, and
it is up to the department for foreign exchange control to handle the case
at its discretion.
Article 12
The trustee bank and the paying bank shall strengthen their supervision
over the overdue export proceeds of exporter, and shall also, in good
time, press foreign banks for payment. The trustee bank and the paying
bank must, within the first ten days of each quarter, submit a report to
the local department for foreign exchange control concerning the
uncollected overdue export proceeds.
Article 13
With respect to those who have violated the provisions of these Measures,
the department for foreign exchange control has the power to impose on the
violators such penalties as an administrative warning, circulation of a
notice of criticism, a fine, or a temporary suspension of the use of a
foreign exchange account. In case that the violators concerned refuse to
comply with the aforesaid penalty decision, the case may be handled in
accordance with Implementing Rules on Punishment of Violation of Foreign
Exchange Control adopted by the State Council on March 25, 1985 and
promulgated by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange Control on
April 5, 1985.
Article 14
The Measures for the supervision and control of the collection of export
proceeds in foreign exchange formulated by the various localities and
departments prior to the promulgation of these Measures shall cease to be
effective.
Article 15
The right to interpret these Measures resides in the State Administration
of Foreign Exchange Control; and the relevant rules for implementation
shall be formulated by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange
Control in conjunction with other departments concerned.
Article 16
These Measures shall go into effect as of January 1, 1991.
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